Archives - 15 May 2017, Monday

Last week, mainstream media outlets gave minimal attention to the news that the U.S. Naval station in Virginia Beach had spilled an estimated 94,000 gallons of jet fuel into a nearby waterway, less than a mile from the Atlantic Ocean. While the incident was by no means as catastrophic...

Benny Kinsey retired from the Army in 2010 thinking his experience as a command sergeant major with two bachelor’s degrees and an MBA would make it easy to land a job in the civilian workforce. It didn’t. “My transition was absolutely horrible,” said Kinsey, 48, who struggled to get i...

On May 11, the new Director of National Intelligence, Daniel R. Coats, presented the US Intelligence Community’s (IC) “Worldwide Threat Assessment” to the Senate. Coats’ predecessor, James Clapper, explained during a hearing in Nov. 2016 that the IC collects and analyzes more intellig...

The Pentagon is studying gray zone conflict — otherwise known as hybrid warfare — beginning with a focus on Russia and later moving on to study Iran and China, the acting assistant defense secretary for special operations and low-intensity conflict, told members of Congress. On the he...

TEL NOF AIR BASE, Israel – When Boeing, Lockheed Martin or any other U.S. airframe provider says something can’t be done – or that it must be done in a prescribed manner according to company procedures – Depot 22 of the Israel Air Force more often than not will come up with a plan of ...

Pvt. Chelsea Manning is getting out of prison on Wednesday, and because her court-martial conviction is still under appeal, she'll be staying in the Army for the forseeable future. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison back in 2013, but an order by former President Obama in Janu...

Assistant Commandant Gen. Glenn Walters on May 18 will present the Silver Star to a Marine who initially received the Bronze Star for saving his linguist in Iraq. Capt. Andrew Kim’s award was upgraded as part of a Defense Department-wide review of nearly 1,400 combat valor awards issu...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has lifted flight restrictions on lightweight F-35A pilots and will not pursue qualifying United Technologies’ ACES 5 ejection seat — a major win for Martin-Baker and its US16E pilot escape system, which is used in all variants of the F-35, officials an...

Iran is providing "explosive boat technology", unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and missile support to Yemen's rebels, US Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on 11 May. The rebels are believed to have used an unmanned boat lo...

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A Royal Jordan Armed Forces (RJAF) F-16 fighter used a Matra missile to shoot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the Syrian border, a recently retired senior RJAF officer has told Jane's . The Jordanian Armed Forces announced on 10 May that an F-16 had shot down a UAV in an un...

Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus at Luke Air Force Base. PENTAGON: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter possesses a remarkable array of sensors and processors to let it find the enemy and help the pilot kill or evade him. But the crucial threat library — known as Mission Data Files — just isn’t being ...

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The lighter side of Navy SEAL romances–what happens when you strip them down and throw a woman they can’t resist in their path… The first three stories in the SEALs Undone series by NYT and USA Today Bestselling Author Zoe York! Fall Out (Drew and Annie’s story) Drew Castle is a Navy ...

WASHINGTON — Textron’s Scorpion jet and AT-6 will be joining the A-29 Super Tucano in the Air Force’s light attack aircraft demonstration this summer, the company confirmed May 15. “Textron Aviation Defense can confirm the Scorpion and AT-6 have both been invited by the United States ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, The Washington Post reported Monday. The newspaper cited current and former U.S. officials who said Trump shared...

STOCKHOLM — The Swedish Air Force has postponed plans to upgrade its Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules fleet instead opting to do a mid-life upgrade for its six transport aircraft, an Air Force official said May 8. Col. Magnus Liljegren, head of the Air Force department at the Swedish a...

The Air Force's hunt for a new electronic warfare aircraft is "off and running" now that a budget has been approved for the rest of fiscal 2017, Lt. Gen. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force's acquisition chief, said Monday. The Air Force is planning to acquire 10 new aircraft by 2029 to repla...

The expert forest panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended a green clearance for expansion of NAS Shibpur, an Indian naval air station in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands region, which is home to several important species of birds and mammals. Besides strengthening India...

NEW DELHI: India does not get enough bang for its buck in the arms business. With this in mind, the defence ministry is now looking to create a specialised defence procurement organisation (DPO) to streamline mega arms acquisitions as well as leverage them to build a robust defence in...

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Today, the American Military Partner Association announced the official launch of the AMPA Military Spouse Scholarship — a brand new program aimed to help military spouses pursue their higher education goals. AMPA also announced that Hilton is the new scholarship’s presenting sponsor ...

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Less than a week after the Army released its latest selective retention bonuses, the service has sweetened the deal with more money across the board. Every soldier who is eligible for a bonus as of May 24 is having their pay tier bumped up, according to the Army's retention operations...

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Air Force leaders recently removed the restriction that kept pilots weighing less than 136 pounds from flying the F-35A. The restriction was imposed in 2015 due to concerns about the risk during ejections in a portion of the flight envelope. After rigorous testing to ensure the escape...

CPEC open for all; must not be politicized, Pakistan tells India BEIJING: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) under the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative, was open to all countries in the region and categorically said the project “...

CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi reiterated a call on the international community to lift an arms embargo on Libya on Saturday, which would allow weapons to be delivered legally to a powerful general he backs in the fractured country's east. After meeting Field Marshal...